Riyaz Patel
More services are being rendered to consumers, but less of these services are for free, the 2018 Non-financial Census of Municipalities (NFCM) report has shown.
Released by Statistics South Africa Thursday, the study says the number of consumer units receiving services from municipalities increased between 2017 and 2018.
“The increase in the provision of services by municipalities has enabled many consumer units to have these facilities in their homes for the first time,” said Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke.
The highest percentage increase from 2017 to 2018 in the provision of services was recorded in:
– water (3.7%)
– sewerage and sanitation (3.6%)
– electricity (3.1%) and,
– solid waste management (2.4%).
The highest provincial increases for water, Maluleke said, were recorded in Mpumalanga (6.4%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (6.1%), while the lowest increase was recorded in the Western Cape (1.8%).
For electricity, the highest provincial increases were recorded in Limpopo (7.5%), followed
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